Mainstream business publication Inc. named author John C. Maxwell
the No. 1 leadership and management expert ahead of Seth Godin, Jack Welch and
similar well-known names. The list was born out of an extensive study measuring
influence across nine metrics, including number of Twitter followers, blog
reputation and Google search ratios.

“Even truly groundbreaking business thinkers use the ideas, the
perspectives and the advice of others as the basis for their own thoughts and
actions,” Jeff Haden wrote in the “Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts” Inc.
story. “The purpose of our work was to find out which people are globally
the most popular management and leadership writers, in the English language.”

Hachette Nashville is publishing three titles with Maxwell:How Successful People Grow:
15 Ways to Get Ahead in Life(Center
Street, April);Good
Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership(Center Street, Oct. 7); andLearning From the Giants:
Life and Leadership Lessons From the Bible(FaithWords, Nov. 11).

Maxwell, founder of The John Maxwell Co. and EQUIP, has career sales of
more than 21 million books.